Look at the Fun We Have Had!
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After receiving a call from one of our club’s valued supporters – Peter, owner of Adelaide based Pulp Fiction Comics, located on King William Road Adelaide, Starship Mawson members jumped at the chance to test their collective knowledge once more and along with nearly 300 people, attended what was to be a great evening’s entertainment.
The event host, Peter from Pulp Fiction Comics Ten rounds of a wide range of topics challenged a huge attendance with a lot of fun activities in between rounds to add to the evening and with the venue being The German Club of Adelaide, plenty of hearty food and refreshment simply enhanced one’s fun and appreciation for this event. | |||
 Mawson members all set for a great night! During the celebration a special cake cutting ceremony was conducted with the entire audience receiving a slice!
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 “please sir, can I have some more” We didn’t win but all in all a very entertaining evening and we lookforward to the Eighth Birthday quiz night in 2012!
Starship Mawson’s annual tribute to B Grade Crappy sci fi film night certainly lived up to it’s name as the crappiest material that could be found was screened to a captive or should I say an audience that was held captive! as they were put through the agonising activity of viewing some really rotten sci fi.
As with past tribute night’s, there was plenty of fun and laughter from the audience,
more in amazement that such material was ever made I think but we all battled on and had a
fantastic evening and were left wondering just what will our panel of adjuticators come up with
next year!
Special thanks to Jo for hosting the event and to all members that attended.
With record numbers in attendance this year, The Adelaide Pop Culture Festival was
off to a flying start from day one of the nine day event as an official part of National
Science Week at The South Australian Museum located in the heart of the city of Adelaide. | |||
Club members Stu, Rob, Ilona and Lynne operating the club's display area inside the SA Museum.
Our workshops on Alien Makeup and Prosthetic construction conducted by Prosthetic Artist
Stu Blair and Lynne Cook from The Australian Costumers' Guild really had their work cut
out for them this year with workshops attracting as much as 100 people for a single workshop with
many workshops having been conducted throught the festival. | |||
Prosthetic Artist Stu Blair and Lynne Cook instructing the enthusiastic audience and what about those crowds!
A static display of Pop Culture Memorabilia was on exhibition inside The SA Museum for visitors to
view and remenisce upon viewing various exbibits that they themselves may have had either during
their childhood or even their parents!
The grand finale of The Festival is The Ultimate Quiznight and now, in it's third year,
was a fantastic success and this year's event started with a message of awareness from
The Foundation for Australia's Most Endangered Species helping to save and protect
Australian Wildlife and Habitat. Special guest in attendance was Adelaide 36ers National Basketball League Forward and League MVP - Mr Mark Davis, who, with his own table of competitors, along with the capacity audience, simply had a great time with all the fun of the quiznight which included the now famous "sing along section" a real highlight for all that exercised the vocal chords to earn extra points during the event! | |||
Festival Organiser, Stuart Blair addressing the audience with a member from the Wildlife Foundation and Mark Davis speaking to the audience about his charity The Mark Davis Camp for kids As the rounds counted down to the big finale, plenty of prizes were on offer and ant the mid quiz break each table was given a selection of magician's baloons to create a creature and present it to the audience for the chance to win valuable points and prizes for each table of competitors. | |||
Wow..,what imagination there is out there! A real crowd pleaser.. our Quizmasters, Gerri, Eugenia and Marlene, singing their way to the next question posed in the "singalong" round. | |||
After the tenth and final round was played and the placegetters were announced, prizes were given out to almost the entire audience! | |||
The Ultimate Quiznight, as with all events conducted as part of the The Adelaide Pop Culture Festival are a year in the planning and Special thanks to Eugenia, Therese, Marlene, Gerri, Connie, Sarah and Jo for their expertise with the Quiz Night. | |||
Images courtesy of Ilona Solinska and Des Farkas.
After placing 3rd at The Australian Costumers' Guilds quiz night in 2009, Starship Mawson members just had to go back for a second time and try to go one better and have a lot of fun along the way. With a great attendance of around 70 people dressed in costumes from all genres, the atmosphere was animated and energetic and thick with anticipation of what array of questions was about to be posed!
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As the evening went on each table had their photos taken and enjoyed a healthy indulgence of many varied foods and refreshments and spot quizzes with fantastic prizes were the order of the evening. Alas, our quest for greatness fell a trifle short as we were beaten out of second place by just two points but satisfaction was guaranteed and we will return in 2011 for another great night. Thanks to Eugenia for the cool Super Hero I.D. cards as our theme for the evening and to all members that attended.
What a great night we had! And true to form the movies lived up to their reputation. | |||
Held traditionally on the June long weekend, this year 2010 on June 12 and 13, club members operated a large expo display at the fair as part of our ongoing recruiting and event promotion and as with past fairs, a very large attendance of visitors along with one of the largest gathering of collectible dealers from all over Australia, ensured a fantastic weekend of fun in searching for cool collectibles not readily available in stores.
Club Captain-Stuart Blair with Robert Tavino at our exhibit stand The Fair attracted over 5,000 people during the weekend with new members recruited and plenty of club activities promoted. Thanks to members, Rob, Cherie and Sarah for their enthusiasm at the fair in promoting our great club and we look ahead to anther great fair in 2011! Special thanks to Des Farkas from SA Photography for the professional images of our exhibit.
The South Australian Museum, located in the heart of the City of Adelaide was the venue for The Adelaide Pop Culture Festival, a National Science Week Event which was conducted from August 15 to 22 - 2009. Activities included, The Ultimate Quiz Night, Interactive Workshops for children and adults on Special Effects Prosthetics and Makeup construction and Costume design techniques, Exhibitions of Pop Culture memorabilia and Costumes and a Stargazing Evening with a Special Guest presenter.
. Upon entering the museum, visitors were treated by the many colourful displays of costumes from some of their favourite TV shows and Films as well as being able to view rare pieces of memorabilia from years gone by. Members from Adelaide Sci Fi Club - Starship Mawson, volunteered their time over the week to assist in the setting up of the exhibition as well as answer questions from the curious visiting public. | |||
 Bringing back memories' was one of the many comments as visitors viewed the pieces on exhibit. There were many exhibits inside the pavilion and most had a 'hands on' component encouraging children and adults to conduct various experiments and have alot of fun. Day one of the festival included The Ultimate Quiznight,
that took place on Saturday evening at The Police Club of Adelaide and proved to be a real highlight!
A complete sellout ensured a fantastic atmosphere with great anticipation of just what types of questions were going to be posed.
Stuart Blair welcoming people to the Ultimate Quiz Night.
A full house and a fantastic atmosphere.
Quiz Masters during the sing-a-long quiz. Left to right.. Eugenia, Marlene and Gerri
Our Quiz Masters having fun. Everyone's a winner at the Ultamate Quiz Night and here are some of the winning tables. | |||
 
Key members of Starship Mawson, Eugenia, Therese, Gerri and Marlene, were the official Quiz Masters and were given great praise for their skills in what was a highly polished and most enjoyable evening for all. The Police Club management, Heather and Greg, provided an excellent service of quality food and beverage and a venue that is perfect for a large social event.
There were large attendances for both days workshops in Special Effects Prosthetics construction and Costume Design and Makeup with some classes being standing room only! Here is Lynne Cook from The Australian Costumers' Guild demonstrating makeup technique to the audience. | |||
 Stuart instructs on end stage application of a prosthetic. Wednesday August 19 brought many budding Astronomers to an evening of Stargazing with Starship Mawson and proved to be a fun and educational evening presented by Peter Lindner. Peter passed on his enthusiasm and knowledge of our universe to the many adults and children that viewed the stars through the telescopes that were set up by Peter and Starship Mawson member, Mr Adrian Grivell.
Guest presenter - Peter Lindner lining up the planets for everyone to view
Starship Mawson member - Adrian Grivell setting up for his viewers
Sharon Morris with Adrian Grivell in background with keen onlookers curious to see what's in the sky above. Special thanks to Peter Lindner for his informative presentation. For the duration of National Science Week A drive in movie size screen was erected out front of the SA Museum and from dusk till dawn ran a continuous slide show presentation promoting our great club. | |||
 Just how dynamic is this! beaming out for all to see on Adelaide's busiest streets in the CBD. Thanks to the SA Museum for their sponsorship of the screen presentation Thanks to our Convention Photographer - Mr Des Farkas from SA Photography for all the quality images with this report. Contact SA Photography for your special event on.. 08 8431 6069 or Mob: 0402 488 034
Annually conducted at The Wayville Showgrounds in Adelaide, Science Alive showcases all sciences to the general public as a taste
of what will be on during National Science Week.
Club Captain - Stuart Blair answering questions from the visiting public.
Club members, Maryanne Scutella and Robert Tavino interacting with enthusiastic visitors.
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Thanks to Rob and Maryanne for donating their time. Visit our Captain's Ready Room for further information about Science Week 2009.
Starship Mawson continues its run of success at Adelaide Quiz Nights! Saturday July 4 at the North Adelaide Community Centre, club members disguised as their alter egos (secret identities) attended the Australian Costumers Guild Quiz Night. A large attendance ensured a fantastic atmosphere and plenty of fun attempting to answer the questions posed by Severus Snape and guest Quiz Mistress, Dolores Umbridge. This was a costumed event with many attendees dressed in elaborate and attractive outfits which enhanced the ambiance of the event! |
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During the evening after a bit of a cold start The Starship Mawson table hit warp speed and started to make their way up the ladder to finally finish in a credible third and collecting some great goodies in prizes supplied by The Guild. It was a fantastic well organised evening. Want to be part of the fun? Just check our event information for what's on. You're most welcome to join in
It had been 25 years since Natcon had been conducted in Adelaide, a very long time between drinks indeed. Adelaide Sci Fi fans turned out for the event along with a large attendance of interstate and overseas guests which made for
a very busy four days of events. These included guest panels from Sci Fi and Fantasy Authors, Quiz Nights, Convention Ball,
trading dealers and fan club expo. These gave attendees plenty to see and do.
Starship Mawson members from left to right, Rob Tavino, Stuart Blair(Club President), Gerri Donaldson and Eugenia Stopyra. Club member Eugenia Stopyra gave a presentation at Natcon about 'Science Fiction becomes Science Fact' which was well received with great interest and gave the club good exposure amongst the convention attendance. Natcon is truly a very interesting event to attend and with The World Sci Fi Convention being held in Melbourne 2010, why not make the journey and take in some of the fun! |
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Natcon was filled with fantastic displays.
After months of hype, the much anticipated and regenerated realease of Star Trek opened in cinemas around Australia.
Starship Mawson members had the chance to attend a carnival style premiere and Club President Stuart Blair along with key Bridge members
Eugenia Stopyra, Marlene Weidemen, Gerri Donaldson, Therese Watts along with support from Adrian Grivell and Robert Tavino, organised memorabilia and
displays.
Special guest in attendance was fantasy author Adrian Rogers who signed copies of his latest trilogy Hidden Kingdom. We thank the South Australian Writer's Centre for making it possible for Adrian to attend.
Click here to see more photos from this fantastic event.
On Wednesday April 29, Starship Mawson presented a talk to the people of the
City of Tea Tree Gully in Adelaide - South Australia at the Tea Tree Gully Library and Civic Centre.
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